By "could have" I interpreted that statement as saying that the pilot should have not flown that day for a variety of legitimate reasons, not that they survived the initial impact and died afterwards from not getting treated in time
The helicopter collided at too fast of a speed for them to have survived the initial impact anyway, they all died from blunt force trauma
You're picking your poison either way but the thought of them dying instantly is a little easier for me to cope with. My mind refuses to accept otherwise
oh no don’t get me wrong, I’m on your line of thinking, and as bad as this may sound, I hope every died on impact so no one suffered or was alive during the fire.
but that statement is kinda odd